SAUK CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY
515 Water Street
SAUK CITY, WISCONSIN
POLICY: NETBOOK CIRCULATION AND USE POLICY
EFFECTIVE DATE: February 2011
AUTHORIZED BY: Library Board of Trustees
Purpose: Netbooks are available for educational, professional and recreational use by patrons while inside the Sauk City Public Library
Policy: Library Netbooks are configured to have similar functionality to our networked, desktop, patron computers. Patrons may access the Internet via our wireless network, converse via Skype, prepare documents in the Microsoft Office suite and print documents to the library network printer. Netbooks are not permitted to leave the library.
Contents:
- Each Netbook tub contains: 1 Netbook, 1 Power Cord and 1 Optical Mouse.
Borrowing Procedure:
- Netbooks can be checked out by active South Central Library System cardholders in good standing (i.e. no lost items, fines less than $5.00, no miscellaneous blocks) by presenting their library card at the front desk.
- Netbooks are non-holdable and will be made available on a first come, first served basis.
- Before checking out a Netbook for the first time, patrons will be asked to read the Netbook Circulation and Use Policy and the Library Internet Access policy. Patrons 15 and younger will need a guardian to be present to read the policy before their first Netbook checkout.
- Standard printing rates apply (.10 per page for black and white; .50 per page for color). Printed pages can be picked up at the Circulation desk.
Loan Period:
- Unless specific arrangements are made, Netbooks are due back 2 hours after checkout or 15 minutes before the library closes for the day, whichever comes first.
- Patrons are allowed one Netbook checkout per day.
Fines and Liability:
- The patron checking out the Netbook is completely and solely responsible for the replacement cost of items in the Netbook tub in the event of loss or damage.
- Overdue fines will not be charged for the late return of a Netbook. However, repeated late returns will result in the suspension or loss of Netbook borrowing privileges.
- Patrons who remove a Netbook from the library will have their Netbook borrowing privileges suspended for one month. A repeated offense will result in loss of Netbook borrowing privileges.
- If a Netbook is not returned within 24 hours the Sauk Prairie Police Department will be contacted to recover the Netbook.
Conduct:
- Netbooks should never be left unattended.
- Patrons must return Netbook tub to a library staff member. Netbook tubs should not be left unattended on the Circulation desk counter.
- No files will be retained on the Netbook. Patrons are advised to save files to removable media before returning Netbook.
- The Sauk City Library is not responsible for any damages, data loss or distress, real or imagined, resulting from the use of Netbooks.